Russian-UK dissident Kara-Murza disappears from jail in latest sign a prisoner swap with West may be close

FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza attends a court hearing in Moscow

FILE PHOTO: Jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants during a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence, in Moscow, Russia July 31, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Source: REUTERS

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-British national jailed on treason charges for 25 years, has been moved from his prison in Siberia and is being sent elsewhere, Russia's prison service told Reuters.

The prison service, FSIN, said Kara-Murza was being transferred from the IK-6 penal colony in Omsk to another destination. It did not say where.

A number of Russian dissidents and people convicted for their opposition to Moscow's war in Ukraine have disappeared from Russian prisons in recent days, in what rights activists say is a possible sign that a prisoner swap with the West may be close.

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